You gotta admit, that was pretty funny (although your use of the word "women" may lead some mind's to the gutter). Anyway, no worries about your absence, (my social life for the last 6 months has been at a 5 year low), but you may find that the tides of this war are changing.
@ Awe, please disregard my earlier post. You have my backing for your invasion. The 100 Jackson MBTs I sent you earlier are being again transferred to your control.Permalink

Su-51s from several Airforce bases are being transfered to a large Airforce base beside the Caspian Sea. From there, I'd like clearance from Awe to enter Roman territory and head South toward Israel. The transfer may take several days.Permalink

Quoting Jack Ford
Su-51s from several Airforce bases are being transfered to a large Airforce base beside the Caspian Sea. From there, I'd like clearance from Awe to enter Roman territory and head South toward Israel. The transfer may take several days.

You're cleared.

Also, @Tom N: Nick says the Suez canal is open to your ships for this attack. Permalink

Quoting Ultramarine .
Thank you. That's pretty much all I was after. Will you be going with a CM because others will be supporting you? If so, whom? No, not me; I wasn't suggesting that.

Maybe. We'll need to find a suitable person, and those are getting hard to come by. Tom N already has enough on his hands, Evan and Matt are too busy, I assume Erik is too, Shock hasn't been seen in forever...

I'd suggest Nick, but he's probably biased for me. So we may just moderate ourselves. Tom, Jack, and I will determine our successes differently, if that's the case. Permalink

Maybe. We'll need to find a suitable person, and those are getting hard to come by. Tom N already has enough on his hands, Evan and Matt are too busy, I assume Erik is too, Shock hasn't been seen in forever...

I'd suggest Nick, but he's probably biased for me. So we may just moderate ourselves. Tom, Jack, and I will determine our successes differently, if that's the case.

Like three days ago, Shock commented on one of my Flickr MOCs.Permalink

Eh, I'm still around. I just rarely find the time to think of what to say for updates on my nation. Bohemia is fairly isolationist, so I suppose that could contribute to it being less active in a international setting.

Reparding Israel, I'm not going to go on a rant regarding realism, as I don't have the time or motivation. All I'll say is expect a very long and destructive (casualty, materially, morally and economically-wise) war. As you all saw with China (in the group), numbers don't win wars.

Bohemia continues to replace its aging and obsolete Eastern Bloc vehicles with new and advanced pieces of equipment. Bohemia hopes to fill the gaps that it cannot with its own new equipment with that of French-origin for ease of logistics. The F-35s currenlty being produced through the British license will now be upgraded to the F-35P standard with the permission of Finland having been confirmed.

That's what she said. Anyhoo, in Mongolia, the Gobi Solar Farm is now 95% complete, supplying the country with enough power to run.... well..... a country with more than 3 million people. Agricultural industry is once again thriving as men and women return to their homes in the fields after re-education courses.
Technology is now being developed for more effective SAM sites throughout the country too. >.>Permalink

First off, sorry for my unannounced abssence. Combat in Costa Rica has been generally favorable for Colombian forces, mostly focused on hit and run tactics to weaken enemy defenses, allowing heavier forces to safely pass. Progress has been significant enough for negotiations for surrender have started to take place. Permalink

Quoting Juan .
First off, sorry for my unannounced abssence. Combat in Costa Rica has been generally favorable for Colombian forces, mostly focused on hit and run tactics to weaken enemy defenses, allowing heavier forces to safely pass. Progress has been significant enough for negotiations for surrender have started to take place.

You do realize Costa Rica has absolutely no military? And I'm watching you, don't get too close to my turf.Permalink

Erik owns the ones from Spain and whatever were left from his side of Italy. Though I'm not sure if he currently deploys them. Evan has them as well, but once again, I'm not sure if he uses them in the offensive role.

Quoting Areetsa C
It's an accepted part of espionage.
Finn's commandos seem to be more like spies than soldiers.

The Allies tried to put German commandos on war crimes trials for using Allied uniforms in an operation, but then realized they themselves had done the same thing. So it's either a mutual war crime, or it isn't. Permalink

Quoting Thomas N
I've always heard five times the length of the projectile was good for a naval catapult.

OK, you'd know more than I know. I'm just basing it off my knowledge of bush planes. With something like a Reaper might not be a good idea to catapult it, since it's a slower flying aircraft that might not take the sudden acceleration very well. Permalink

24 Su-51s, 42 F/A-38s, 42 Eurofighter Typhoons, and 32 MiG-67s are on standby at the Caspian Sea awaiting orders to join your forces. There's two AWACs accompanying them. They will join with your forces as soon as you give the command.Permalink

The ADCC has completed the construction of one squadron of F-35s with the schematics coming from the Commonwealth. These units will be upgraded to the "P" variant within the next two weeks. Also, two more Yeoman squadrons were completed domestically in Italy with an agreement concerning Bohemia; the latter will in turn receive twenty-four Mk.IVs upon upgrades completion. Finally, one of the two squadrons of F-111s acquired from the Australian boneyard will be altered into electronic defense arrays; more news later once the actual program is online and tooled for work.

On note of naval progression, the third Type-4 submarine under construction is roughly three-fourths complete with round-the-clock work being done. Within the next three weeks, we hope to see a final product. The fourth sub is a bit farther behind and won't be expected to serve for some time. Work still continues upon the second Europa-class vessel with further news expecting from the Commonwealth.

Heading to the ground, homeland defense upgrades are nearing completion. Upgraded radars, anti-air munitions, etc. are all nearly installed and awaiting preliminary trials. Soon, these systems should be prepared and labeled for use. Most of the scrambled military units purposed with not being neutralized during inactive service in-base are also returning, but will resume exercises.

Switching to the occupation of Kuwait, armour that was meant as an offensive through Saudi Arabia have entered the country to serve as anti-partisan units and emblems of power. MPs are in high number as a new governmental party is established; this of course will likely be built from local British ministers as to create a more primary mingle of policy.Permalink

While the upgrades may not be as extensive, the 100 old Finnish F-18C/Ds that were transferred to Latvian control are currently being upgraded with an AESA radar and conformal fuel tanks. We will also be covering the aircraft in RAM. This should make it harder to detect. These upgrades wont last that long considering that the AESA has already been produced for the F35s and the conformal tanks will undergo a brief dev time before trials begin. A new HUD is being incorporated as well, and look-to-shoot Helmet Mounted Displays are being upgraded to improve Air to Air potential.

Stryker MGSs are being produced from some of our factories in Latvia and Estonia, but obviously these will take some time to actually reach service.

Of course, the sad truth is that Finland is once again rather low on money. We could cut back on worker benefits, but that would create an uproar. Instead, we have decided that we will begin to encourage expenditures within the civilian sectors, by offering a broad price reduction campaign. We are hoping that even at reduced prices, more people will buy products so we will make more money anyway.

Government quality inspectors recently visited Estonia's knock-off piano factories and demanded that they make world quality pianos. Maybe that will help too :PPermalink

Well, well, well. What do we have hear? Its seems several key Texans have fallen into Mexican hands. Oh what cruel fate it is for Gober to be backstabbed again. He should have fled to a better country. Yeah, we placed them under arrest. This does include several conspirators of the Portland Airport attack. Vengeance time, Mr. Shelton?Permalink

Quoting Ham N' Biscuits
Well, well, well. What do we have hear? Its seems several key Texans have fallen into Mexican hands. Oh what cruel fate it is for Gober to be backstabbed again. He should have fled to a better country. Yeah, we placed them under arrest. This does include several conspirators of the Portland Airport attack. Vengeance time, Mr. Shelton?

Quoting Ham N' Biscuits
Well, well, well. What do we have hear? Its seems several key Texans have fallen into Mexican hands. Oh what cruel fate it is for Gober to be backstabbed again. He should have fled to a better country. Yeah, we placed them under arrest. This does include several conspirators of the Portland Airport attack. Vengeance time, Mr. Shelton?

So is killing 200,000 people a week into a war, but that didn't stop you, everyone in this group is too worried about Africa, a continent doomed to fail. Good Lord! This isn't the 19th century...Permalink

Quoting Will G.
So is killing 200,000 people a week into a war, but that didn't stop you, everyone in this group is too worried about Africa, a continent doomed to fail. Good Lord! This isn't the 19th century...

Quoting Will G.
So is killing 200,000 people a week into a war, but that didn't stop you, everyone in this group is too worried about Africa, a continent doomed to fail. Good Lord! This isn't the 19th century...

Actually they seem to be doing quite well, unlike you.

Gee, I think I did pretty good for starting off in a rebellion in the most powerful nation in the world. Better than Cliffe did, and is doing. Trust me, I'd rather live in war torn Texas than fairyland magic happy Africa that all of the sudden got better when militaristic politicians take over. Permalink

Quoting Will G.
So is killing 200,000 people a week into a war, but that didn't stop you, everyone in this group is too worried about Africa, a continent doomed to fail. Good Lord! This isn't the 19th century...

So is smallpoxing a country a day into a war! It's right here, black and white, crystal clear! You lose! You get nothing! Good day sir!Permalink

I was sure Nick's victory was at hand the moment we realized Texas didn't have the capacity to build their own war materials without external resources. Oil, food, chemicals, they have it, but from what I've heard, they're rather lacking in the iron and coal department. It was a matter of time.

However, Nick vs. Texas, SRGL, Japan, Canada, and Cliffe... Well, that was a more doubtful outcome. But now Nick is victorious on all fronts. Permalink

However, Nick vs. Texas, SRGL, Japan, Canada, and Cliffe... Well, that was a more doubtful outcome. But now Nick is victorious on all fronts.

It was really Nick vs. A country/state that cannot survive on its own for long, A person who declared war for two days and then immediately called for peace, a person who barely did anything, and a guy who only spoke of grandiose visions but failed to halt the ground invasion. If you look at it that way it was pretty obvious who the victor would be. However, I feel that if the SRGL kept fighting it might have gone differently, especially if Cliffe decided to send real reinforcements, rather than just long range air superiority/bombing missions.Permalink

It was really Nick vs. A country/state that cannot survive on its own for long, A person who declared war for two days and then immediately called for peace, a person who barely did anything, and a guy who only spoke of grandiose visions but failed to halt the ground invasion. If you look at it that way it was pretty obvious who the victor would be. However, I feel that if the SRGL kept fighting it might have gone differently, especially if Cliffe decided to send real reinforcements, rather than just long range air superiority/bombing missions.

That's what the Africans and Russians were up to. Actually, Russia joined with me when I declared war... Now that's over, at least for me, and I'm taking on a target that will offer a fight. Permalink

With the end of the SRGL War, the Murus Wall is being semi-deactivated. The wall will keep its guns, and some of its ammo, but it will be sealed below-ground while the citizens of the FTSA and PCU can explore the walls and top deck of the massive wall the fended off SRGL attacks, and acted as a baseboard for our own invasion. Permalink

Quoting Ham N' Biscuits
Well, well, well. What do we have hear? Its seems several key Texans have fallen into Mexican hands. Oh what cruel fate it is for Gober to be backstabbed again. He should have fled to a better country. Yeah, we placed them under arrest. This does include several conspirators of the Portland Airport attack. Vengeance time, Mr. Shelton?

There goes all chances of ever being trusted by anybody. Bad move I must say.Permalink

Quoting Ultramarine .
No worse than me hanging two of his officers for their war crimes...

There's a difference between backstabbing your enemy and backstabbing your ally. Backstabbing your enemies is a common and effective method of making war, but backstabbing your ally merely declares your lack of trustworthyness. (I'm not sure if that's a word, but you get the point.) It takes no courage, honor, or skill to backstab your ally, and is therefore a cowardly dishonorable method of killing someone in my eyes. Feel free to disagree, I'm merely stating my opinion. Permalink

Oh, hadn't considered that side of it. You are quite correct in your estimations, then.

As you're well aware, I backstab my enemies all the time. It's not as honorable as going upfront and saying "I declare war on the [insert country] and will now drive tanks into the said coutry!" but it's much more effective as you're well aware. Permalink

Quoting Jack Ford
As you're well aware, I backstab my enemies all the time. It's not as honorable as going upfront and saying "I declare war on the [insert country] and will now drive tanks into the said coutry!" but it's much more effective as you're well aware.

Quoting Will G.
Gee, I think I did pretty good for starting off in a rebellion in the most powerful nation in the world. Better than Cliffe did, and is doing. Trust me, I'd rather live in war torn Texas than fairyland magic happy Africa that all of the sudden got better when militaristic politicians take over.

I rebelled against France. I didn't know it at the time. But I did.Permalink

Quoting Jake H.
I rebelled against France. I didn't know it at the time. But I did.

Not entirely; the whole situation is confusing. I pretty much claimed Algeria to be a protectorate [meaning I'd annex it later, but it was still technically sovereign], and then you came in saying "GTFO. Free state is free. Go home Francboi." So, in all actuality you were merely expressing sovereign interests which were separate from my own. Of course your actions were justified, but I was still crying on the inside.Permalink

Quoting Dr. Spontaneous
Not entirely; the whole situation is confusing. I pretty much claimed Algeria to be a protectorate [meaning I'd annex it later, but it was still technically sovereign], and then you came in saying "GTFO". So, in all actuality you were merely expressing sovereign interests which were separate from my own. Of course your actions were justified, but I was still crying on the inside.

Sorry, I didn't know that you had expressed interest in it, and I thought the ADCC (I hope I got that right.) was an alliance (like the Allies in WWII) so again, I'm sorry if I upset you.Permalink

You think I didn't know I would lose, I lost a week ago Nick, as if bombing my hometown wasn't enough my only "ally" just fed my last men to the dogs.

Rules I live by.
1 Don't rely on anybody
2 Don't keep all your eggs in one basket
3 being cynical is good
4 don't fully trust anybody
5 backstabbing enemies is fun and good for you
6 see #1
7 choose friends and allies wisely
8 never fully commit
9 always have a backup plan
10 when your on your last leg, except a good guy's help.Permalink

Quoting Jake H.
Sorry, I didn't know that you had expressed interest in it, and I thought the ADCC (I hope I got that right.) was an alliance (like the Allies in WWII) so again, I'm sorry if I upset you.

It's chill. I'm not worried about it, granted I've relaxed my attendance in the group anyhow. And the ADCC is more like a federalized EU [a centralized alliance with similar governance and voice]; but of course I had to make France the epicenter so I could utilize the resources without squabble.Permalink

Quoting Evan Melick
Finland is a member of the UFE, and thus an ally, but civilian vessels are still barred, even mine.

Also, the Foreign Ministry isn't known for it's ability to string the English language together in a coherent manner.

These are ex-Finnish soldiers, along with Norwegians and Swedes. Thousands of them are already on their way, and we do not want to arrange something with the latter states for they are at war. I knew I should have broken them up by country.

Quoting Jake H.
Rules I live by.
1 Don't rely on anybody
2 Don't keep all your eggs in one basket
3 being cynical is good
4 don't fully trust anybody
5 backstabbing enemies is fun and good for you
6 see #1
7 choose friends and allies wisely
8 never fully commit
9 always have a backup plan
10 when your on your last leg, except a good guy's help.

Batch 7 of Mongolian Strike UAVs has just moved off of the assembly line. That brings us to a total of 84 operational ground-attack aircraft. With the Gobi Solar Farm now complete and the economy recovering more speedily than we could have hoped, plans for improved ROVs are being drawn up by engineers.Permalink

Well, while everyone else is at war, India is...Well, at war. Anyway, India's resettlement of displaced Chinese civilians is still under way. While it is unclear what kind of government was instated in the 21st Century, apparently it wasn't much better than the Communistic state that existed before, since (and often surprisingly) the Indians are greeted as liberators. On a side note, India is expected within a year to two years to experience a vast population explosion since the 'One child per family' law for the millions of Chinese has went bye-bye.

More news from the Chinese soldiers in the Indian ranks. Life is good for them, very few complaints so far; this due in part to India's reinstatement of several prominent Chinese officers to their former rank (unless it exceeded major). These men are in command, but only in reserve units for the time being (what with India still at war with their homeland and all). Most flight officers have been transferred to the IIC where they will be safely out of reach. Many Chinese are being trained in tandem with Indians in the Rajput (I couldn't resist) special forces branch. More on these later.

Patrols continue in the Indian Ocean. Production of the F-2,3,Tu-225, and EW-225 continue in numbers. Ideas are being kicked around for newer tanks and IFVs based on tech from Israel. More ideas for 'Pocket carriers' are being drawn up. This class would be conventionally fueled and have a capacity for only about 40 aircraft instead of the Guardian-classes 60. Refitting of the Burundi-class battlewagons into the new Abidjan-class amphibious assault vessels continue, should be finished before month's end.

Quoting Thomas N
They're fighting, but they're being chased down by superior numbers at the moment.

If the German bombers attacked Algeria, then how did my planes get hit on the ground if they were in Mali?
Also why was my report neglected?
I understand you were busy, but I would of rather not gotten a CR then gotten one with missing reports. Permalink

We are finishing up the treaty for Costa Rica's surrender, in which a ceasefire shall be issued, and humanitarian support provided to war torn cities. The invasion saw several weaknesses of the TL-18 exposed, as such Colombian engineers sre striving to correct these minor flaws, though it has been revealed that the TL-18's won't be put out of service, but will instead be used alongside these newer AFVs.Permalink

The mazim is described as heavy, clunky, and awkward compared to the modern MGs and requires a large crew. In WWI, teams of 4 men had to be used. I believe only 2 men are needed to operate an M2. Plus an M2 is of higher caliber, allowing for effective long range fighting and even anti-vehicular roles. The Maxim can't shoot possibly more than 300 yards.Permalink

Quoting Evan Melick
A Maxim gun, even the lightest they ever where produced will still be much too heavy for such a mobile force as airborne. As stated above, it's ridiculously small calibre, and would have a hard time doing damage to anything but exposed light infantry, and has a piddly range. Expect squad level MG's to be much lighter in the future.

Either way you slice it, in 2036 using the Maxim machine gun in anything but a reenactment is rather odd, and wouldn't work too well.

it's a very last resort and il only use it if there's a hint of stalemate trench warfare as it seems to do very well in the worst conditions But that probebly won't happenPermalink

Quoting Evan Melick
A Maxim gun, even the lightest they ever where produced will still be much too heavy for such a mobile force as airborne. As stated above, it's ridiculously small calibre, and would have a hard time doing damage to anything but exposed light infantry, and has a piddly range. Expect squad level MG's to be much lighter in the future.

Either way you slice it, in 2036 using the Maxim machine gun in anything but a reenactment is rather odd, and wouldn't work too well.

Now, what I'm talking about here is the Vickers, because it's simpler and lighter; 15 kg, rather than 27.

The .303 is quite a good cartridge. The problem is that it hasn't been used by a modern force for some time, so there's no AP rounds for it. Pretty comparable to a .30-06, allegedly. ~2 kilometers isn't a piddly range, either. There's also a .50 chambered one, which I don't know much about, and the Vickers K, which is more like the MG42 than the Maxim.

Now, admittedly it's quite outdated, but a modernized Vickers gun with a higher rate of fire would definitely not be something to laugh at.
That probably wouldn't work, actually. Something about the fire rate being related to the barrel recoiling.

But anyway, a new, rapid firing water cooled heavy machinegun would probably work well on vehicles. Think about it; a thousand rounds of 14mm ammunition a minute, all minute, every minute, as long as there's ammunition on hand.

Oh, and do you want to know what IS a ridiculously small cartridge with a hard time doing damage to anything but exposed light infantry? 5.56x45mm. Compared to that, anything's better.Permalink

Quoting Glenn Streeter
But I'm giving my maxim/vickers/mg08 to the Airborn divisons. I'm going to. Use a mg3 and fg036 to the frontline forces

I wouldn't recommend makim/vickers for airborne divisions. Their weight removes the aircraft's maneuverability and speed, as well as rate of climb.

I would recommend these for a main weapon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun
They've been around long enough that they've gotta be dirt cheap. With something like a Vickers, you'd have to re-produce them, since very rarely do 100 year old guns still work after not being used in eight decades.

The minigun shoots a 7.62mm shell, which is 30 caliber. That's what I hunt moose and bears with. It's a good calibre. I put a hole all the way through a moose at three hundred yards with a 180grain bullet from my 30-06. (Sorry all you anti-hunters and animal-rights activists, it happens.) Anyway, it's a powerfull weapon with an acceptable range. It's accurate out to 300 yards, and still lethal to exposed infantry out to about 500 yards I'd presume. They can spit lead out at a rate that would make any attacker stop and re-consider. Permalink

Quoting Jack Ford
I would recommend these for a main weapon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun
They've been around long enough that they've gotta be dirt cheap. With something like a Vickers, you'd have to re-produce them, since very rarely do 100 year old guns still work after not being used in eight decades.

The minigun shoots a 7.62mm shell, which is 30 caliber. That's what I hunt moose and bears with. It's a good calibre. I put a hole all the way through a moose at three hundred yards with a 180grain bullet from my 30-06. (Sorry all you anti-hunters and animal-rights activists, it happens.) Anyway, it's a powerfull weapon with an acceptable range. It's accurate out to 300 yards, and still lethal to exposed infantry out to about 500 yards I'd presume. They can spit lead out at a rate that would make any attacker stop and re-consider.

They're mechanically rather complicated, heavy, eat ammo at a massive rate and you need a large battery to power them.

A Vickers, on the other hand, is notoriously reliable. They can fire non-stop without barrel changes for days.

A note, too: the miniguns 7.62x51mm Nato round is most definitely not comparable to the 30-06. It's a military version of the .308, an intermediate round.

Now, a 14mm, that'd shoot right through four mooses, three bears and a woolly mammoth at two or three klicks range. Don't mess with anti-tank rifle cartridges, matey.Permalink

Quoting Areetsa C
They're mechanically rather complicated, heavy, eat ammo at a massive rate and you need a large battery to power them.

I don't think you get it, do you. The rate of fire is what makes the minigun. I'll spare you facts, but imagine sitting in a building with your squad mates. Then, all the sudden, that cover is useless and half you buddies are torn to bloody bits.

And on the 14 MM whatever(I personally don't know if this is a mounted weapon or not): I'd rather take an M61 Vulcan. 20 MM at a massive rate of fire.Permalink

Quoting Ham N' Biscuits
I don't think you get it, do you. The rate of fire is what makes the minigun. I'll spare you facts, but imagine sitting in a building with your squad mates. Then, all the sudden, that cover is useless and half you buddies are torn to bloody bits.

And on the 14 MM whatever(I personally don't know if this is a mounted weapon or not): I'd rather take an M61 Vulcan. 20 MM at a massive rate of fire.

Of course I 'get it'. I'm saying that as an infantry weapon it's absolutely useless. There's no way an infantry platoon could carry enough ammunition to make it a practical weapon.

A vulcan would be even worse. You'd need a specialised vehicle. Much simpler to just use a AAA vehicle instead.Permalink

Quoting Areetsa C
...There's no way an infantry platoon could carry enough ammunition to make it a practical weapon.

A vulcan would be even worse. You'd need a specialised vehicle. Much simpler to just use a AAA vehicle instead.

I believe Glenn mentioned wanting an airborne anti-infantry gun. Field cannons are waaaaay obsolete. In modern warfare, anyone foolish enough to wheel a cannon out into firing position, regardless of the caliber/rate of fire of the cannon, is gonna get his head blown off with a 50cal sniper round before he even gets the thing ready to fire. When it comes to infantry vs. infantry, sniper rifles and assault rifles are the way to go. (Unless you're in close range urban warfare, where a 12 gauge with buckshot is the way to go.)

My advice: (to Glenn) Don't bother with setting up a field machine gun. It's like putting a big sign over your head that says "I'm an enemy! I intend to shoot you!" If you're gonna use large caliber weapons, do it from extremely long distance, from a vehicle, or from an aircraft. That way it doesn't matter how big your battery is or how many gears and blah blah blah. Even a pickup truck with a 50cal mounted on top is better than a gun on wheels being pushed into field by courageous marines. For trench warfare, I'd recommend trying to get un-noticeable (preferably natural) defenses and snipe from them with rifles. If you try to use WWII style fighting, your enemy's gonna wheel his tanks in and start launchin' shells and you can't do anything about it. Even worse is when the enemy comes at you with hellfire missiles from an Apache. Permalink

To be honest this war annoys. Not the war, but the lack of a decent combat mod. (no offense Tom, I know how it is with school and all)
It's just annoying not having your plans appear, but your enemies plans appear, and vica versa.
I'm willing to talk peace of you are. Permalink

So all in all nothing happened at all effectively, in terms of Europe. Yeah we might need to find a different mod. And while Cliffe ordered his tanks to defend Stockholm, still, nothing happened. I suppose that tomorrow our forces will finally engage.Permalink

Oh and for either Brendan or Cliffe. To best calculate my next moves, I would like to be informed of the numbers of tanks being sent my way. Also, what happened in terms of the local armies? Considering that only 4 months ago all of Scandinavia was united, I was expecting at least a fleeting mention of their reaction, given the extensive time I spent trying to explain it...

Oh well. I remember being CM in America. It is not a fun job, and I cant imagine what it is like to literally handle and entire world's worth of conflict.Permalink

All right, that CR is officiall bullsh**. Brendan, I'm sorry, but you clearly have no idea what you're doing. Last combat report had me just about to wipe out the Algerian Air Force and commencing a large coastal landing, and you're telling me that suddenly, the Algerians have magically gotten past my forces on the front lines in Libya and have begun capturing cities? And bombing my forces? No. It just doesn't work.

We can't have shifts in combat mods with different experience. It's really unfortunate Tom is gone...

HeII, Brendan didn't even give out the European combat report because he just doesn't know how to do it. This frankly proves he is incapable.Permalink

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
All right, that CR is officiall bullsh**. Brendan, I'm sorry, but you clearly have no idea what you're doing. Last combat report had me just about to wipe out the Algerian Air Force and commencing a large coastal landing, and you're telling me that suddenly, the Algerians have magically gotten past my forces on the front lines in Libya and have begun capturing cities? And bombing my forces? No. It just doesn't work.

We can't have shifts in combat mods with different experience. It's really unfortunate Tom is gone...

HeII, Brendan didn't even give out the European combat report because he just doesn't know how to do it. This frankly proves he is incapable.

Blame Tom, he didn't send anything to Brendan to alert him to anything. Brendan never needed to look at the combat reports until yesterday.Permalink

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
All right, that CR is officiall bullsh**. Brendan, I'm sorry, but you clearly have no idea what you're doing. Last combat report had me just about to wipe out the Algerian Air Force and commencing a large coastal landing, and you're telling me that suddenly, the Algerians have magically gotten past my forces on the front lines in Libya and have begun capturing cities? And bombing my forces? No. It just doesn't work.

We can't have shifts in combat mods with different experience. It's really unfortunate Tom is gone...

HeII, Brendan didn't even give out the European combat report because he just doesn't know how to do it. This frankly proves he is incapable.

Cliffe your tiny land force was destroyed when I still owned Algerian skies.
I have now five newly fortified cities in Libya. Permalink

Quoting John Dawn
Once the Kalingrad area is firmly in IRA control our military will not advance father.

NEVER going to happen, son.

NEVER.

EVER.

It is Koenigsberg, the glorious capital of East Prussia, the place all Prussians in Germany call home. During the rise of Prusso-Egypt, Prussian independence fighters fought ferociously for their freedom. They're doing so once again. Never again will Koenigsberg fall to Russian hands.Permalink

It is Koenigsberg, the glorious capital of East Prussia, the place all Prussians in Germany call home. During the rise of Prusso-Egypt, Prussian independence fighters fought ferociously for their freedom. They're doing so once again. Never again will Koenigsberg fall to Russian hands.

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
No, they're ONE of the best- the best Sweden has. Not my best overall. That would be the glorious 2nd Panzer Division, currently serving on the front lines against the Russians.

With all due respect, if it was a Swedish unit, i doubt they would fight for their leader of only 4 months through conquest. And considering the numbers of units deployed in Africa and Europe I would be amazed if you said that you had anything more than that.

And I feel as victimized as you here. About an hours worth or prep into my plans apparently garner less than a single sentence...

I propose a hold on our northern european stint until Tom returns. We could keep all the plans that we submitted yesterday to Brendan and effectively get a "redo". Deal?Permalink

With all due respect, if it was a Swedish unit, i doubt they would fight for their leader of only 4 months through conquest. And considering the numbers of units deployed in Africa and Europe I would be amazed if you said that you had anything more than that.

And I feel as victimized as you here. About an hours worth or prep into my plans apparently garner less than a single sentence...

I propose a hold on our northern european stint until Tom returns. We could keep all the plans that we submitted yesterday to Brendan and effectively get a "redo". Deal?

So they were the ones about to die, oh okay, thanks for the clarification.

They WERE NOT about to die, you @rrogant fool, in Tom's last report the kill ratio of panzers to Russian tanks was officially 2 to 1 us, and increasing.

Plus, your supply lines have been hit very hard, and your troops are being hit very hard directly by the Luftwaffe. We have quite the superior numbers and technology in the air.

Which also reminds me of the flying tank destroyers that are the Black Eagles that are also tearing apart your advancing forces.

Seriously, this attempt at conquest of yours is a joke. I expected you to go for Poland, which would have been a much wiser choice- but now that it's my ally I would defend it, so you're now out of options.

Well said. The whole point of this group is basically to win- in this case dominate the world through territory and military prowess. The game is intended to be this, so literally everyone here is an expansionist. It is also human nature to win, so...Permalink

With all due respect, if it was a Swedish unit, i doubt they would fight for their leader of only 4 months through conquest. And considering the numbers of units deployed in Africa and Europe I would be amazed if you said that you had anything more than that.

I was going to hold out on this until the CR came, but since it didn't...

I had been LMFAOing to death at your thought that the Swedes would fight alongside Finns.

You have absolutely no idea...

The Swedes H@TE the Finns. They look down upon them. To be invaded by them is the most horrific 1nsult they could ever receive. Go anywhere on the internet and say the Finns are better than the Swedes and watch the chaos unfold. It can sometimes be entertaining, especially Swedish-Finnish YouTube flamewars, which I've seen personally.

Also, all the territories of the German Empire are united under Nordic pride. Sweden and Norway are the home of the Nordic people.

I would also tell you about their... KEEN... interest in the Kingdom of Prussia, but you wouldn't understand.Permalink

Quoting Evan Melick
I agree with the idea of maybe even putting most of the war on hold, unless Cliff unless most parties agree to sit down, present what they want out of the conflict, and we try and hammer out a peace deal.

And I also put in a huge deal of effort into the last sets of orders, so I would love for a redo of them, as I feel people on all sides have been lighted.

It is Koenigsberg, the glorious capital of East Prussia, the place all Prussians in Germany call home. During the rise of Prusso-Egypt, Prussian independence fighters fought ferociously for their freedom. They're doing so once again. Never again will Koenigsberg fall to Russian hands.

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
I was going to hold out on this until the CR came, but since it didn't...

I had been LMFAOing to death at your thought that the Swedes would fight alongside Finns.

You have absolutely no idea...

The Swedes H@TE the Finns. They look down upon them. To be invaded by them is the most horrific 1nsult they could ever receive. Go anywhere on the internet and say the Finns are better than the Swedes and watch the chaos unfold. It can sometimes be entertaining, especially Swedish-Finnish YouTube flamewars, which I've seen personally.

Also, all the territories of the German Empire are united under Nordic pride. Sweden and Norway are the home of the Nordic people.

I would also tell you about their... KEEN... interest in the Kingdom of Prussia, but you wouldn't understand.

I am not stupid Cliffe. Swedes and Norwegians dont even consider Finland part of Scandinavia. However, I am sure that these currently (presnt day) democratic powerhosues would not take kindly to being taken over and controlled by a power hungry meglomaniac, would they?

Besides, it is still a "liberation" since you only took the territory 4 months ago. Not long enough to totally brainwash people unless you think every person is so wooed by your super duper energy.

No... not really. I haven't made any new expansion goals in forever. I am still in the process of annexing Switzerland, yes, but that has been a goal of the Kaiser for quite the time. We haven't set our sights on anything else... at all. In fact we gave up the majority of Syria to the glorious Romans recently, and we're actually pretty happy about that- we didn't need that useless slice of land at all.Permalink

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
No... not really. I haven't made any new expansion goals in forever. I am still in the process of annexing Switzerland, yes, but that has been a goal of the Kaiser for quite the time. We haven't set our sights on anything else... at all. In fact we gave up the majority of Syria to the glorious Romans recently, and we're actually pretty happy about that- we didn't need that useless slice of land at all.

Ethiopia? Threatening to expand into the east?
The point of this game is to expand.

And Syria doesn't count because you didn't really have a choice. Permalink

Oh and I left the amount of supporters up to the Combat Mod as to be unbiased in this- so both of our arguments dont mean squat until the CM agrees with it.

Besides, even if they DIDNT join me (admittedly a factor that I considered), I would be able to sweep them aside. Considering that in 4 months converting them to all your standard of vehicles would be impossible, I would be up against the VERY limited number of your German and Egyptian units there, plus a military which technically hasnt been upgraded in 20 years.Permalink

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
They WERE NOT about to die, you @rrogant fool, in Tom's last report the kill ratio of panzers to Russian tanks was officially 2 to 1 us, and increasing.

Arrogant? You call me arrogant? Confident yes, but never arrogant. You don't deserve the right to call someone arrogant when when you are using someone else's MOCs, which are just as bad as yours, AND THEN claim to have the greatest Army, Navy, Airforce, whatever in which every plan you send in states "the best of," "Elite," "Ace," etc. So no YOU do not have ANY right to call me arrogant. And just Remember, What you don't know, WILL kill you. Permalink

Quoting Matt Hacker
Oh and I left the amount of supporters up to the Combat Mod as to be unbiased in this- so both of our arguments dont mean squat until the CM agrees with it.

Besides, even if they DIDNT join me (admittedly a factor that I considered), I would be able to sweep them aside. Considering that in 4 months converting them to all your standard of vehicles would be impossible, I would be up against the VERY limited number of your German and Egyptian units there, plus a military which technically hasnt been upgraded in 20 years.

Oh and before Cliffe goes homicidal on me about how Swedes and Norwegians would "H@TE" me and all... I will be the first one to admit that it is not likely that mass desertions would take place in my favor. However, please note, that morale would be horrible for them at the prospect of fighting a fellow Nordic country AND fighting for the Glory of some Kaiser who in the four months of his rule hasnt done anything to help Sweden and Norway.Permalink

Quoting Jack Ford
Even worse is when the enemy comes at you with heIIfire missiles from an Apache.

Or unguided rockets from a Hind, which can carry a metric frakload of them.

Quoting Jake H.
I want to build an Su-47 out of LEGO, but my economy doesn't have the ability to support them, and if the Russians had air dominance then I wouldn't have to worry about bombers.

If it's real, you just need to find out where the factory that manufactures them is and contact whoever owns that territory for manufacturing rights. If it's a Sukhoi, I'm pretty sure Ian has them.

Quoting Brendan Dore
Areetsa.

I'm available, but I'd need everyone (and I mean everyone) to stop for a bit and work out exactly where their forces are and what they're doing, the state of their supply lines, the composition of their units and so forth.Permalink

I'm available, but I'd need everyone (and I mean everyone) to stop for a bit and work out exactly where their forces are and what they're doing, the state of their supply lines, the composition of their units and so forth.

The Mexican navy(Former SRGL) will be enacting a blockade of the Commonwealth territories of Suriname and Belize as of tomorrow. These ships will be located immediately outside territorial waters, as to not provoke war. All incoming ships will be boarded and checked for weapons and such. If found safe, the ship will be let through. We hope The Commonwealth and Guatemala will cease combat soon.Permalink

The Mexican navy(Former SRGL) will be enacting a blockade of the Commonwealth territories of Suriname and Belize as of tomorrow. These ships will be located immediately outside territorial waters, as to not provoke war. All incoming ships will be boarded and checked for weapons and such. If found safe, the ship will be let through. We hope The Commonwealth and Guatemala will cease combat soon.

I'm not sure if that's a good idea. Mexico's still a little 3rd world military and economics wise.Permalink

Quoting Ultramarine .
He's still got his SRGL hardware and men. But he doesn't know where to stop...

What I've got going on is a bunch of Imperialists at war with my friend in Germany, and taking over a neighbouriing country. And also, Mexico is FAR from third world, pretty strong industrial power thanks to NAFTA. Permalink

The Mexican navy(Former SRGL) will be enacting a blockade of the Commonwealth territories of Suriname and Belize as of tomorrow. These ships will be located immediately outside territorial waters, as to not provoke war. All incoming ships will be boarded and checked for weapons and such. If found safe, the ship will be let through. We hope The Commonwealth and Guatemala will cease combat soon.

I am only slightly confused to why you would want to put pressure on those two countries... I mean, yes, they would be nice to have but is it really worth ruffling each other's feathers over? Permalink

Quoting Kaiser Pharaoh Cliffe
They WERE NOT about to die, you @rrogant fool, in Tom's last report the kill ratio of panzers to Russian tanks was officially 2 to 1 us, and increasing.

Arrogant? You call me arrogant? Confident yes, but never arrogant. You don't deserve the right to call someone arrogant when when you are using someone else's MOCs, which are just as bad as yours, AND THEN claim to have the greatest Army, Navy, Airforce, whatever in which every plan you send in states "the best of," "Elite," "Ace," etc. So no YOU do not have ANY right to call me arrogant. And just Remember, What you don't know, WILL kill you.

Ok, I'm going to be brave here, and offer to take some of the pressure off Brendan by offering to take over Africa until Tom gets back. I've watched Dogfights on the History Channel, dozens of documentaries on war, and studied the nitty-gritty of battle for many years. Plus, I've got several more years on anyone here (I hope that increases my credibility).

Yea or nay? I'm technically not at war here, except in China, and that's someone else. Bias? Well, not really. Half of my former allies-of-convenience are fighting against each other, so not really. And, I have a little more time in the old schedule, so how about it? Permalink

They're almost as cheap as an F-35 and by my research (most of the information is classified) it looks almost as good as an F-22. They are scheduled to be produced in considerable numbers, so they would be somewhat cheaper and easier to obtain that Su-47s. Permalink

It is Koenigsberg, the glorious capital of East Prussia, the place all Prussians in Germany call home. During the rise of Prusso-Egypt, Prussian independence fighters fought ferociously for their freedom. They're doing so once again. Never again will Koenigsberg fall to Russian hands.

Combat report G.E.O.P : the new maxim gun a very reliable gun has been upgraded from around 450 rpm to 600rpm and hopes to do well as a anti infantry gun and aa battery :303 caliber is in production again

: JR36 bullpup assualt rifle using the same caliber as an ak47 and using the same magazine

The front : g.o.e.p is preparing to help the prussians at konigsberg if there going to be attacked , suppling them with the best anti armour we have got AKA a pak front. Permalink

Anyway, he already knows that the Indian Ocean is forbidden waters guarded by the AIO, so if he enters the Indian Ocean he's gonna regret it. If he didn't specify, I'm assuming he's reffering to Egypt or Lybia. Permalink

Quoting Thomas N
Guess what everybody! I have limited internet access on vacation for the next few days.

I would like to say something first though.

@John Dawn and Jake H, I am truly sorry for ever forgetting any part of your plans in my reports. You both do put effort into your plans, and for me not to include it because of the sheer volume of FMs that I am receiving is selfish of me, and I was also completely unaware of it.

@Finn, You shouldn't complain, you only ever send me one sentence (and that's usually something like "1,000 planes will attack the Germans...", its not much to work with.

I can see how Brendan is doing, and that's not very well (no offense Brendan). But, one thing, as I am still on vacation, and only get a short period of time on the computer, I cannot have tons of massive FMs to string into a CR, I just can't. So if you want me to do CRs for the next few days, I'm going to need very condensed plans from all of you, (so Evan and Matt, please don't rewrite the bible again).